A Liverpool-based tech agency that specialised in digital health has gone into liquidation – the third agency to close in the city in just three months.
Damibu was founded 15 years ago and was included in the 2025 LCR Tech Climbers list.
The company peaked at 12 staff and a turnover of £650k but had dropped to five staff and £350k turnover by last year.
Founder Dave Burrows said the firm noticed a significant drop-off in work from February 2025 and revealed the ‘difficult news’ that they’d gone into liquidation.
In July, PR and marketing agency Moore Media went into liquidation after 13 years with founder Jayne Moore blaming the Labour government for the economic downturn.
Just a week later, brand and business consultancy Matchstick Creative shut its doors for the last time after seven years.
Burrows told BusinessCloud: “We noticed a drop-off in February and March this year.
“We were trying to move away from being a gun for hire to producing our own SaaS products.
“We built our own Content Management System (called Damibu Feeds), which we were trying to sell into the NHS.
“There’s no money in the public sector for the NHS. Budgets are being cut and everything is done by frameworks.
“It’s a vicious circle. Unless you’re on the frameworks you can’t see what work there is but there are so many frameworks. You can’t join them all.
“In the past there were always jobs on the horizon but this time there was nothing. I don’t know what I did wrong.
“Whilst this chapter closes, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together.”
Several of the region’s most respected names in tech have spoken out in support of Damibu.
Jonny Clark, CEO of Capital Enterprise, described the digital health agency as a ‘force for good’.
Phil Blything, director of Glow New Media, said: “This is a big loss to the industry.”
Liz Ashall-Payne, founder of Orcha, described Damibu’s work as ‘incredible and impactful’.